Definition of HARDY

hardy

Plural: hardies

Noun

  • A blacksmith's chisel, typically with a square shank.
  • United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)
  • English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
  • Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
  • A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.
  • hardy hole

Adjective Satellite

  • having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
    • "hardy explorers of northern Canada"
  • able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions
    • "strawberries are hardy and easy to grow"
    • "camels are tough and hardy creatures"
  • invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Adj

  • Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
  • Able to survive adverse growing conditions, especially frost.
  • Brave and resolute.
  • Impudent.

Adjective

  • Robust, resilient, and capable of enduring difficult conditions.

Examples

  • A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
  • His hardy spirit allowed him to bounce back from a terrible rack of tiles.
  • The word HARDY, when referring to a chisel, proved useful for a surprising play.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (“hard”)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (“persevering”), Old Danish hærdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish härdig (“vigorous, courageous”)).
Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.

Synonyms

audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, Oliver Hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy, Thomas Hardy, unfearing, hearty, robust, rugged, strong

Antonyms

tender

Scrabble Score: 12

hardy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hardy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hardy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

hardy: valid Words With Friends Word